strange day at the farm. took the animals to pature this morning a little later than usual, after about 3 coffees and lots of stretches. mario was feeling lazy like the rest of us, i reckon, because we just sort of walked to the edge of the woods and let the animals go. this is usually fine, but after an hour the sheep didnt come back. i was sent to search. wandered through the woods eating blackberries for about an hour, hollering for the animals and climbing through gullies. wandered back to the farm with a shrug of the shoulders. helped angela crack about 5,000 hazelnuts while we watched mario and isa comb through the woods. nothing. big lunch (pesto with hazelnuts over rigatoni, home made salami and cheese, tomato and cucumber salad, blackberries with fresh honey and cream) and a nap. evening rolled around and still no sheep. isa and i went out for a few hours and found only one, a little one, in a ditch; it had been looking for water, fallen, and gotten stuck. anyway, its ten pm now and were back home, awaiting another fabulous meal.
i think these people are sort of pro-human or something. they never sleep and i never see them drink water...they work like horses and eat like horses and are happy as larks. angela and i however, while happy, do drink water, and we sleep alot. this work is exhausting! all the muscles in my body are starting to pop; my arms have toned up noticibly in only 5 days, and my hands look manly. im filthy dirty all the time, but it feels great. keep myself and my body sane by netty potting twice a day (sooo dangerous to be aorund all the hay and fur, must keep sinuses clean), exfoliating, toning, nail painting, mascara-ing, lipsticking, deep conditioning and shaving, when possible. angela laughs at me, but while covered in mud, bugs, and sheep poop a girls got to do what she can. when i get in in the eveings, i feel euphoric and energized form all the work, but as soon as dinners finished and a glass of wine is drunk, its all i can do to drag myself upstairs and put myself in the bed.
dinner time, now, i hope. gonna go, more later. love from piemonte!